Cascabela thevetioides (Kunth) Lippold

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Ewanrigg Botanic Garden

Synonyms:	Cerbera thevetioides Kunth Thevetia thevetioides (Kunth) K. Schum.
Common names:	Giant thevetia (English) Large-flowered yellow oleander (English)
Description:	Tree to 5 m. Leaves up to 10 × 1.5 cm, evergreen, glossy, linear to linear-lanceolate, dark green, acuminate with an acute apex; secondary veins conspicuous on both surfaces. Flower bright yellow, pinkish yellow or orange, to 5 cm across. Fruit up to 7 cm in diameter. Similar to Cascabela thevetia, but may be distinguished by its darker green leaves with conspicuous lateral veins and its larger flowers in which the corolla lobes are much more widely spread.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	thevetioides: resembling a Thevetia. The species was first described in the genus Cerbera.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Native to Mexico.
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Friday 30 December 2016
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 1108. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 397.

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